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Berkeley
sophomore Micki
Weinberg tells the Chancellor why he
ran for City Council, men's basketball coach Ben
Braun shares the strategy behind the
Bears' current winning streak, CITRIS director Ruzena
Bajcsy explains what technology can do
for — and to — society, and journalism dean Orville
Schell talks about what's wrong with
the news profession.

Next
month: Look for a special, all-student episode — two students
debating the Israel-Palestine issue, an amateur comedian poised
on the brink of the big time, and the Student Regent-elect —
to be recorded with a live student audience.

The
Micki Weinberg interview
9:50 minutes
In November sophomore Micki Weinberg ran
unsuccessfully for a seat on the Berkeley City Council. Here
he tells the chancellor why students deserve a voice in city
politics, his opinion of Mayor Tom Bates's
Daily Cal exploits, and why he thinks aging '60s
radicals are afraid to let today's students inherit the mantle
of free speech. "Justice and human rights are not issues
of right or left wing, liberal or conservative," Weinberg
argues passionately, urging that above all, activists must
remain reflective.

The
Ben Braun interview
12:10 minutes
Men's basketball coach Ben Braun — one of the most
successful coaches in school history — calls in from
a recruiting trip to Chicago to talk about what really happens
during a time-out
huddle, the stress of "putting your whole professional
future in the hands of a 17- or 18-year-old," what qualities
he looks for in a player, and why Cal has had the best home-court
record in the Pac-10 for the last two years.

The
Ruzena Bajcsy interview
10:43 minutes
Ruzena Bajcsy, director of the Center for Information Technology Research in
the Interest of Society (CITRIS) shares how CITRIS seeks to address technology's
double-edged
sword
related to privacy and security issues, the only public-funded research center
of its kind to do so. A Holocaust survivor, Bajcsy has experienced firsthand
the
tragic
misuse of technology as a tool of fascism and dictatorship.

The
Orville Schell interview
12:59 minutes
Orville
Schell, Dean of Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism,
thinks that today's media is failing in its responsibility
to inform and educate
the public. Why has there been no national debate broadcast
about war
with
Iraq,
he
asks,
blaming
television's
profit margins and its focus on the lowest common denominator.
Schell
hopes to change this
situation by organizing a brigade of media leaders and
educators: "What
I
aim
for is small
deeds:
to
encourage
a small archipelago of interesting, intelligent, credible
broadcast
news that
would inform those who want to be informed."

Top
of Mind
4:19 minutes
There's a difficult year ahead for UC Berkeley, with student
fees increasing, staff salaries frozen, and state taxes rising.
Chancellor Berdahl urges people, despite the sacrifices they
will have to make, that "education is an investment ... it's
about renewing the common world for our children and for the
people of California."